Dragon Age 3...Next gen!?!

read the Malazan Tales of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. my favorite series of all time. Books 2 and 3, Deadhouse Gates, and Memories of Ice are my favorite. i actually haven't read the tenth and final book in the main series, The Crippled God, yet.

I just checked it out. i'm surprised i never heard of it before. its set like a couple hundred thousand years before the events in the main series. all about the tiste andii. I'll likely be buying that soon.

the closest traditional fantasy equivalent to the tiste peoples are elves. Andii (Dark), Edur (Shadow), and Liosian (Light). the Andii are generally the friendliest of the bunch in the series. whereas the Liosians are a bunch of racist religious zealots for the most part. the Edur are mainly bad guys, with some exceptions.

there's also a series called the Malazan Empire by Ian C. Esselmont set in the same world. he's not quite as good as erikson. and i don't really like the first book in the series, Night of Knives, but Return of the Crimson Guard and Stone Wielder are pretty good.

and Duncan, who was recruited in Orleis after being sentenced to death for murdering a Grey Warden who walked in on him when he was robbing the guy's room, is the one who took him to the Arl and checked up on him for the king.